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1 ADAM-SMITH, P. Heart of Exile: Ireland, 1848, and the Seven Patriots Banished; Their Adventures, Loneliness and Loves in Three Continents As They Search for Refuge 1 ADAM-SMITH, P. Heart of Exile: Ireland, 1848, and the seven patriots banished; their adventures, loneliness and loves in three continents as they search for refuge. (Melbourne: Nelson, (1986). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket (slightly rubbed). (xiv, 370pp.). With title-vign., num. b/w plates of which some full-page, text-illusts., maps, and facs. 1st ed. $50 2 ADAMSON, Joy. Forever Free: Elsa’s Pride. London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1962. Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (corners bumped). (192pp.). With col. frontisp., num. full-page col. and b/w plates, several double-page b/w plates, a full-page map, and endpaper maps. Signed by the author. Some light foxing to endpapers. Assoc. ephemera loosely inserted. $150 3 ADDISON, C.G. Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the state and prospects of Syria, under Ibrahim Pasha. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 8vo. Orig. full presentation calf (slightly rubbed; spines faded) with gilt borders on all covers. Spines with raised bands and morocco titling-labels. Marbled endpapers with matching edges. Complete with 10 full-page hand-coloured plates. Contemp. inscription on front fly-leaves. A fine set. 1st edition. NOTE: Relates to Malta, Athens, and Greece, Scio and the massacre, Smyrna, Constantinople, Beirout, Damascus, Palmyra, etc. $1,500 4 ALLEN, (Arthur). Kokoda Comamander: A Life of Major- General ‘Tubby’ Allen. By S. Braga. Melbourne: O.U.P., (2004). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xviii, 374pp.). With num. full-page b/w plates, text-illusts., and maps of which some full-page. First edition. Fine. $60 5 (ANON). Practical Recipes for Practical People! Compiled by the Ladies of the Kitchen Stall. Ye Olde Englyshe Fayre, West Maitland (N.S.W.), October, 1905. West Maitland: T. Dimmock, (1905). Sm. 8vo. Orig. ribbed brown cloth with black-lettered title to front cover and advert. on rear cover. (192pp.). With num. contemp. interesting adverts. Previous owner’s name on title, otherwise fine and complete. NOTE: A scarce early cookery book imprinted in the Hunter River district of N.S.W. $250 6 (ANON). Pre-Adamite Man; or, The Story of our Old Planet & its Inhabitants, told by Scripture & Science. ... London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1860. 8vo. Orig. cloth (covers worn). (xiv, 320, 8pp.). With 4 full-page coloured plates (The Earth, The Moon, Jupiter & Venus), 4 full-page b/w plates, and title-vignette. Slightly foxed. 1st edition. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Uncut. $125 7 BACK, Capt. (G.). Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, undertaken with a view to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7. London: John Murray, 1838. 8vo. Orig. full presentation calf. Gilt borders on both front & rear boards. Spine extra gilt, with raised bands, and morocco titling-label (slightly rubbed). Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers and matching edges. (viii, 456pp.). With a folding chart of Hudson’s Strait and the North coast of Southampton Island, as well as 12 full-page lithograph plates. Presentation inscription to Percival Maurice Shipton on his leaving Eton College, Christmas 1844. Slight foxing, but nonetheless a fine tight copy, handsomely bound. 1st edition. $2,000 8 BAILEY, H.W. (Compl. by). Dictionary of Khotan Saka. Cambridge U.P., (1979). 4to. Orig. full red buckram. Dustjacket. (xviii, 560pp.). 1st edition. Fine crisp copy. NOTE: Professor Bailey’s important dictionary was 44 years in the making, being the extinct Iranian languages spoken in Xin jiang, China, known as Khotanese and Tumshugese languages, and used in the early Buddhist texts. $400 9 BAKER, R.T. and H.G. SMITH. A Research on the Eucalypts, especially in regard to their Essential Oils. 2nd ed. Sydney 1920. Folio. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (xvi, 472pp.). With frontispiece, 120 plates of which 51 col., and text-illusts. (Techn. Educ. Ser. No.24, Tech. Mus. N.S.W.) Fine copy. $300 1 10 BANKS, J. (Ed. by J.C. Beaglehole). The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 1768-1771. 2 vols. (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1962). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spines gilt. In illust. dustjackets (slightly chipped). With col. frontispieces, 100 full-page plates of which 14 are col., text-illusts., 1 double-page map, and 8 sketch maps. 1st edition. NOTE: Sir Joseph Banks was one of the greatest figures in Georgian England, perhaps best known for his distinguished role as naturalist on the Endeavour voyage with Captain Cook. $300 11 BARBOT, J. Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Edited by Paul Hair. 2 vols. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjackets. Frontisps., and num. b/w illusts. Fine set. (Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 175 & 176). $75 12 BARKER, Thomas. Barker’s Delight: or, The Art of Angling. Wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that Recreation, both for catching the Fish, and dressing thereof. Second Edition much enlarged. ... London: Printed by J.G. for Richard Marrist, 1657 (but J. H. Burn’s reprint of 1820 of which 100 copies only were printed). 12mo. Orig. full old calf (rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip). (2, iv, xii, 40pp.). Fine copy complete with the two facsimile titles by different publishers. W. & S., pp.21. $400 13 (BARROW, John). A Description of Pitcairn’s Island and its Inhabitants. With an authentic account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the subsequent fortunes of the Mutineers. New York: Printed and Published by J. & J. Harper, 1833. 12mo. Orig. printed drab cloth boards (rebacked with spine paper titling-label). (304pp.). With 2 engrv. full-page captioned plates, and VIpp of publisher’s adverts at beginning of text. Issued as Harper’s Stereotype Edition - Harper’s Family Library No. XXXI. First American Edition, not recorded by Ferguson. Hill pp.17. Rare. $500 14 BARTH, F. Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea. New Haven, Yale U.P. 1975. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (292pp.). With 16 full-page plates, and text-figs. $65 15 BEAN, C.E.W. Gallipoli to the Somme: The story of C.E.W. Bean. (By) D. McCarthy. Sydney: John Ferguson, (1983). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (400pp.). With col. portrait, 2 double and 28 full-page b/w plates, and 8 maps. 1st edition. Previous owner’s inscription on endpaper. NOTE: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968) was Australia’s official correspondent at the First World War and subsequently its official historian, writing 6 of the 12 volumes of the Official History of Australia in the 1914-1918 War himself, covering the Gallipoli campaign and the Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front 1916-1918. $100 16 BEETON, (Isabella Mary). Beeton’s Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book. A practical and useful guide for all Mistresses and Servants. ... Containing new and valuable recipes, including instructions for foreign and vegetarian cookery. ... London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. (lxxxii, 570pp.). With 8 full-page coloured chromo-lithograph plates of which 1 is folded, 26 full-page b/w plates, numerous text-illusts., and contemp. adverts. One or two slight defects at end of text, otherwise fine. $350 17 BELL, J. The Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, & Joints. By John Bell, Surgeon. Edinburgh: Printed for G. Mudie, ( Sept. 1793). Royal 8vo. Later qtr. calf over marbled paper boards. (xiv, v-xxxii, 460pp.). With engrv. title-page, and errata leaf at pp. xxxi/xxxii. First pages of text discoloured, otherwise a complete copy of the First Edition in which the Advertisement Page states that the author is about to publish a volume of plates to accompany this work (obviously his 1794 work entitled ‘Engravings Explaining the Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, & Joints’) that both the text as here offered, and the plates are made apart so that no one may be obliged to buy both books when perhaps only one is needed’ and ‘that 2 every reader will perceive with one glance, that they are quite independent of each other; indeed the book is written, as it was first conceived, not needing the plates ...’. NOTE: It is interesting to note that the 1st edition, as here offered, is not in the British Museum Catalogue, nor have we been able to find a sale record of a copy coming to market. $1,500 18 BENNETT, Joseph. Billiards. Ed. by “Cavendish”. ... London: Thos. de La Rue, 1899. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (10, xii, 476, 12pp.). With frontisp., plates, diagrams, text-illusts., and adverts. at end. $200 19 BENNETT, Kit. Paddle Steamers of the Murray River. (South Melbourne): Lothian Books, (2004). 4to. Orig. illust. boards. In illust. dustjacket. (xiv, 162pp.). With half-title vign., frontisp., num. full-page and double-page col. photographic plates, col. and b/w text-illusts., and a double-page map. First edition. Fine. $45 20 BEROSUS (Giovanni Nanni). Berosi Sacerdotis Chaldaici, Antiquitatum Italiae ac Totius Orbis libri quinque, Commentariis Ioannis Annii Viterbensis, Theologiae professoris illustrati, adiecto nunc primum Indice locupletissimo, & reliquis eius argumenti authoribus, quorum nomina sequenti pagella vis derelicet. Aeditio ultima, caeteris longe castigatior. Antwerp: Ioan. Steelsii, 1552. Thick sm. 8vo. Orig. vellum binding with yapp edges, rubbed and age-darkened, and with ink title on front cover. Remains of ink title on spine, and spine bands exposed. (48, 748, 40, 2pp.) With title-vign., and decorative initials. Errata page at end. Pages crisp, slightly age-darkened, damp-stained on lower edge of some pages, and a small insect hole through lower part of all pages, neither of which affect the text. Pencil notation on ffep; pencil and ink notations on rear pastedown, and ink title on top edge.
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